MUNDELEIN, Ill., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Z Trim Holdings, Inc. (OTC Markets: ZTHO News), a biotechnology company providing value-added ingredients to a variety of industries, today announced that it will be presenting a new meat application at this year's annual Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) show in Chicago, July 13-16. The Company will demonstrate how Z Trim ingredients can replace more expensive/chemically-modified ingredients in meat products thereby helping manufacturers lower costs and offer cleaner labels to consumers. Attending the annual IFT show will be more than 20,000 of the world's top food science and technology professionals. Z Trim will be showing their products at Booth Number #1203.

"This is our biggest show of the year," said Lynda Carroll, Z Trim VP of Sales and Applications. "We touch more potential customers at this one event than any other throughout the year. We are excited to be able to showcase our new meat applications, which demonstrate the effectiveness of Z Trim ingredients."

ABOUT Z TRIM®

Z Trim Holdings, Inc. (www.ztrim.com) is a bio-technology company that owns existing, and has developed new, products and processes to make use of biomass for uses in the food and industrial markets. The Company's food division currently sells a line of products to the food industry that can help food manufacturers reduce their costs and help them solve many production problems. The Company's revolutionary technology provides value-added ingredients across virtually all food industry categories. The Company's all-natural products, among other things, help to reduce fat and calories, add fiber, provide shelf-stability, prevent oil migration, and add binding capacity all without degrading the taste and texture of the final food products. Perhaps most significantly, Z Trim's products can help extend finished products, and thereby increase its customers' gross margins. The Company's industrial division, opened in 2012, sells eco-friendly ingredients to oil drilling, hydraulic fracturing, petroleum coke, steel/aluminum, paper and other industries. The Company's industrial ingredients are highly functional in applications for adhesives, binders, viscofiers and emulsifiers.

Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors

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